The Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award is awarded annually by the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Policy Studies. It is awarded to those advancing the cause of human rights in the Americas. The Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award commemorates Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt, who in 1976 were assassinated in Washington, D.C. by agents of the Chilean secret service. It was first presented in 1978.
Reverend Benjamin Chavis, Jr.
Alfred "Skip" Robinson, United League of Mississippi
Reverend William Wipfler, National Council of Churches
The Congregation of Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic
The Infant Formula Action Coalition
Father J. Bryan Hehir, U.S. Catholic Conference
Reverend Charles Harper (Special Recognition Award)
The Free South Africa Movement
Frances Arbour (Special Recognition Award)
Washington Office on Latin America
Charles L. Clements, M.D.
The National Labor Committee in Support of Democracy and Human Rights in El Salvador
Robert Scherrer (Special Recognition Award)
Richard Trumka, President, United Mine Workers Union of America